Daily Archives: July 7th, 2008 «

 

Why John McCain’s experience as a war veteran matters

Posted by: ST on July 7, 2008 at 10:26 pm » 3 Comments

Since the story of Obama surrogate Wesley Clark’s second dis of John McCain’s military service first broke, there’s been an eruption in commentary within the punditocracy and the blogosphere.  The right correctly points out that Clark went beyond just saying being a war veteran doesn’t automatically qualify you to be president and went for the [...]

 

Obama’s trip to Charlotte postponed

Posted by: ST on July 7, 2008 at 7:37 pm » 8 Comments

The trip I mentioned in this post that Obama was supposed to make to Charlotte today has been postponed due to mechanical problems with the plane he was flying on to get here: U.S. Sen. Barack Obama’s scheduled visit to Charlotte for a campaign stop this afternoon was postponed after the plane carrying the Democratic Party [...]

 

Don’t like the smell of foreign food?

Posted by: ST on July 7, 2008 at 3:57 pm » 8 Comments

Well, if you’re a child and you live in the UK, you could be branded as a “racist” for it (h/t: Moonbattery): The National Children’s Bureau, which receives £12 million a year, mainly from Government funded organisations, has issued guidance to play leaders and nursery teachers advising them to be alert for racist incidents among [...]

 

The presumptuousness of Barack Obama

Posted by: ST on July 7, 2008 at 12:24 pm » 4 Comments

Lynn Sweet has the scoop on the rumor that Barack Obama will be making a speech at Berlin’s Brandenburg gate sometime later this month: WASHINGTON–A German friend passed along the news Saturday that local sources in Berlin are confirming that the Obama campaign was in contact with city authorities to discuss the possibility of presumptive [...]

 

It’s official: Barry Oh! to give Dem acceptance speech at Invesco Field

Posted by: ST on July 7, 2008 at 10:18 am » 3 Comments

Via Marc Ambinder: The big announcement comes tomorrow, according to Democrats. [...] It’s going to cost the convention committee a lot of money to make the move, but Invesco Field can handle more than 75,000 spectators and will make a much better picture. Sure. Symbolism in the extreme. Then again, that has been the one [...]